2025-08-07
51 分钟Welcome to Goldman Sachs Exchange's Great Investors.
I'm Ken Hirsch,
co-chairman of the Global Technology Media and Telecom Group and head of venture capital coverage within Goldman Sachs' global banking and markets business.
Today, I'm thrilled to be speaking with Mike Spicer, managing director of Sutter Hill Ventures.
As one of Silicon Valley's most respected venture capitalists,
Mike doesn't just invest in companies, he often takes a leading role in building them.
It's a strategy that's proven massively successful,
producing winners such as Snowflake, among others,
in which Mike has served not only as an early investor, but also as founding CEO.
We'll talk today about Mike's career,
his approach to investing and leading Sutter Hill, and this unique moment for Silicon Valley.
Mike, thank you for hosting me here in your offices.
Thank you very much.
Thank you for coming to California to do this.
Goldman Sachs team, and thank you, Ken.
It's thanks for the partnership in general and the opportunity.
You joined Sutter Hill Ventures in 2008,
a firm with a rich and storied history dating back to the 1960s as one of the earliest and most influential Silicon Valley venture firms,
producing such winners as NVIDIA, Pure Storage, Snowflake, and more recently, Astera Labs.
What drove your decision to become a venture capitalist at that time?